An original will of Leonard D. Baker, “of the City of Nashville,” dated September 4th, 1865. Illustrates the first page of the document. The notation on the verso: “Recorded Book No. 20, Wills & Inventories, Page 254” in Davidson County,...

A photograph of the land where the Old Hamilton Methodist Church used to stand near Murfreesboro Road in Nashville, Tennessee. In its place is a historic marker which reads: "Old Hamilton Methodist Church - 1834-1987 - Established in 1834 and...

A cabinet card portrait photograph of Captain Pleas A. Smith, a Confederate veteran of the American Civil War. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee on the 10th of November, 1841, and was raised on the "Ewing Farm" six miles south of Nashville. At...

A photograph of St. Bernard Convent and Academy, a private Catholic girls' school located on Hillsboro Road in the Green Hills neighborhood. The school was started by the Sisters of Mercy who came to Tennessee from Rhode Island to start in 1866...

An original will of Frank Achtzehner, dated May 7th, 1860. Illustrates the first page of the document; the original is written in German. Achtzehner’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on October 13th, 1866. Forms part...

A photograph of First Baptist Church East Nashville. This African American church was founded in 1866 by the Reverend Randall B. Vandavall, a slave born on March 23, 1832 at Neely's Bend. In the early years, the church was called Vandavall's...

John Berrien Lindsley in late middle age, with salt-and-pepper hair and full beard and mustache, wearing a grey suit. Nineteenth-century Nashville educator, physician, minister, and author John Berrien Lindsley was born in New Jersey in 1822. His...

32; 10.0x10.0; 27; III; 02/19/1857; Can't find this lot--somewhere on the west side of the City extended..at the south end of the Cemetery; McCory, Archibald 1864 (infant) (probably); McCoy, Archibald 1866 (infant of) (probably)

An original will of John W. Akin, dated December 14th? 1866. Illustrates the first page of the document. Akin’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court, the verso notes “recorded in Book 21 of Wills & Inventories? Page 186.” ...

A photograph of Mt. Zion Baptist Church located at 1112 Jefferson Street in Nashville, Tennessee. According to the survey this church's congregation was founded in 1866, while the building was constructed in 1905. The foundation is made of rough...

A postcard of The Fisk Memorial Chapel on the campus of Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. The chapel was built in 1892 by means of a legacy from General Clinton B. Fisk, (for whom the University is named), which, according to family wishes,...